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P. GUMBINNER.

DRAPBRY TRIMMING. No. 409,400. I Patented Aug. 20, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

PAUL GUMBINNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRAPERY-TRIMMlNe.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,400, dated August 20, 1889.

Application filed April 24, 1889.

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Be it known that I, PAUL GUMBINNER, of the city, county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Draperyflrimming, of which the following is a full, clearV and exact description.

My invention relates to a fabric trimming' adapted for draping clothing, furniture, or other articles or structures; and the invention has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive trimming of this character which will present a full and pleasing appearance wherever used.

The invention consists in a drapery-trimming made of woven fabric, sacks, or bags connected at one end in a series to a suspensory band, and gathered or shirred at their free ends and provided with pendent tassel ornaments, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a front view of a piece of drapery-trimming made in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof, taken on the line c in Fig. 1.

The main feature of my invention consists in making the draperytrin1ming with a series of sacks or bags A, formed from Woven silk, wool, or cotton fabric, as the use of the drapery may suggest or require. These sacks are preferably formed by doubling a strip of the fabric upon itself and stitching the edges together, and then turning the piece inside out and folding it so that the seam comes at the center of one side of it, which will be the rear face of the finished pendent sack. This fabric tube, after being cut into suitable lengths, or it may-be when made only as long as one sack, will then be drawn together by a shirring string or thread a near the lower edge of the sack, Whereat a puffy fold or hem a is formed of the fabric below the shirring-thread. Before this gathering .or shirrin g is completed the cord b of a tassel ornament B is slipped within each sack A, and is fastened by the shiriing-thread. The sacks A in any desired number are then fastened at their upper larger ends to and within the folds of a baud Serial No. 808,436, (No model.)

C, secured to them by tinsel or other thread c, preferably traversing the band in fanciful patterns; but before the band is sewed fast the suspension-cords d of a series of tassel ornaments D are slipped into its folds at points between the upper ends of t-he sacks A, and are fastened by the same threads cwhich hold the sacks to the band.

It is obvious that the sacks, the band, their attaching-threads, and the tassel ornaments may be of the same color or of different colors, and the sacks and band may be made of the same or different material or fabrics, as the special use or desired effect of the drapery may determine. I prefer to locate the tassel ornaments D above the line of the ones B, which are suspended from the shirred ends of the sacks A.

It is obvious that the sides .of the woven fabric sacks or bags A will, because of their gathered or shirred lower ends, preserve a constant puffy shape, giving them a heavy, rich, and pleasing appearance.

I may or may not use the upper tasscl ornaments D, and I am'not limited to any particular design of the lower main sack ornaments B, which also may at times be dispensed with, leaving the gathered portions a of the drapery sacks to alone form' the lower finish to the sacks, which then present a neat appearance, suitable for draping various articles or structures, and in this case the lower gathered ends of the sacks may be frayed or fringed below the shirringthread, as will readily be understood.

I am not aware that a drapery-trimming has before been made in which sacks or bags of a woven fabric have been connected to a suspensory band and shirred or gathered at their lower ends, as I have herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is A l. A drapery-trimining comprising a series of sacks having shirred lower ends and a band to which the sacks are secured ranging at right angles to the said sacks, substantially as described.

2. A drapery-trimming comprising a series of connected sacks shirred near their lower IOO ends and provided with puffy folds below the shirring, substantially as deseribed.

3. A drapery-trimming Comprising :t series of connected seeks shirred near their lower ends and provided with puffy folds below the shirring, and with pendent ornaments below the puffy folds, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. A drapery-trimming Comprising a band, t series of sacks depending` from the band, shirred near their lower ends and provided with puffy folds below the shirring, and pendent ornaments secured to the band between the seeks, substantially' as described.

5. A drapery-trimming Consisting; of a band, :t series of sacks depending' from the band, shirred near their lower ends and provided with puify folds below the shirring', and with pendent ornaments below the puffy folds, and pendent ornaments secured to the band between the seeks, substantially as herein shown and described.

PAUL GUMBINNER.

Titnessesz T. J. HANRAHAN, J. ARTHUR. 

